Transcriber's Note: I've refrained from copying articles that do not include names of residents, some of the colloquial terms we'll have to guess at the meaning of, present day capitals used on certain words were not used then. Fraternity names and organizations I am not familiar with. Advertisements placed in the newspaper were coded for easy identification in later issues. The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Thursday, January 22, 1891, page two Sandy Olds is to have another trial, his fourth one for the killing of Emil Webber. This time he gets a change of venue and will be tried in Washington county. It is safe to say that he will not be convicted of murder in the first degree since the supreme court has virtually held three times that his offence was not of that degree. The case has been a peculiar one, and illustrates the fact that the law can be given a hard chase, in its pursuit of criminals, if the race is properly managed. LOCAL BREVITIES page Three A.J. Wall of Eight Mile, made us a pleasant call to-day. Frank W. Mitchell, head bookkeeper for Mitchell & Lewis of Portland, is in the city. Sidney Young returned this morning from Salem (Oregon) where he has been visiting friends for several days. J.A. Anderson shipped two double-decked carloads of sheep to the sound (Puget Sound?) and Victoria (British Columbia, Canada?) Wednesday night. School Superintendent Shelby who has been visiting the school at Cascade Locks (Oregon) came up on this morning's train. Deerhake who shot himself some time ago, is nearly recovered and we understand expects to start home in a few days. Mr. Henry Deckert, who fell down the stairs at the Jackson House Monday is paralyzed on his right side from the injuries received. The forfeited railroad lands are now open for settlement and Mr. Hugh Gourlay, made the first application at this office under the new law to-day. We had the pleasure of examining specimens of coal from the Fossil (Oregon) mines yesterday. They were shown by Mr. Norton, and are certainly of excellent quality. Captain George Thompson tried some of this coal in his forge and is highly pleased with it, claiming it is nearly as good as Cumberland. An article elsewhere in this issue is good reading on the subject. Mr. George W. Smith brought to this office to-day a specimen of both wheat and barley grown on Mr. W.N. Crawford's place in Klickitat county (Washington), seven miles from The Dalles. The specimens were grown in the field, and they are both headed out. The stalks are eighteen inches in length and can be seen in the windows of the CHRONICLE'S office, an unanswerable argument on the equableness** of our climate, and prolific character of our soil. DIED In this city January 22d, at 1 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Nettie Bost. The funeral took place this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bost moved here from the Big Bend, during the winter. Mrs. Bost is the daughter of John Hinkle of Silverton (Oregon). She leaves a family of five children. The Railroad Land Has Gone Back The U.S. land office in now receiving filings on railroad lands and we are prepared to make out all necessary papers. Thornbury & Hudson The Dalles, OR June 22, 1891 (Advertisement). **equable: 1. Unvarying; steady; Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ for recently updated information regarding Wasco County. Links are at the bottom of page. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant". Robert Louis Stevenson